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Patrick Marleau spends third period scoring four goals vs. Avs (Video)
The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Monday night and were powered in a big way by Patrick Marleau. The veteran forward not only tallied his third fifth career NHL hat trick, but added another one for his first ever four-goal game. And he did all of his work in the third period.
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Sigh. Shoulda been you, Joe Thornton.
Big win and what a night for Patty beast Marleau!! #yearoftherooster ????????????????
— Brent Burns (@Burnzie88) January 24, 2017
Stroke it Patty #pm12
— Logan Couture (@Logancouture) January 24, 2017
Brent Burns put home his 20th of the year to open the scoring in the first period, which was matched by Jarome Iginla with his sixth midway through the second period.
Patrick Marleau became the 12th player in NHL history to score 4 goals in a period & the first since Mario Lemieux on Jan. 26, 1997 at MTL. pic.twitter.com/JnMHzKKxEO
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 24, 2017
In the final period, it was the Marleau show. He picked up his first two of the night 3:04 apart early on and finished the natural hat trick five minutes later. His final goal of the night came with 3:37 to go and was probably his nicest as he helped the Sharks to their fifth straight win.
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That’s a pretty nice way to break out of a seven-game goal drought.
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